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Saddest. Headline. Ever. (Alex Rodriguez Edition)
Your humble Made Yankee Fan in Boston has had his ups and downs over the past 40 years, but this just might be the downest. From Thursday’s New York Times: As Henry II might say, Who will A-Rid me of … Continue reading
Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up with the Adholes at Sports Illustrated?
Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, I was cruising around the Net and happened upon this Sports Illustrated piece – The writer and the puzzle: Richard Ben Cramer couldn’t crack … Continue reading
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Ask Dr. Ads: What’s Up With The Hispanics Across America ‘Bad Selig’ NYT Ad?
Well the Doc opened up the old mailbag today and here’s what poured out. Dear Dr. Ads, So I was watching the St. Louis Cardinals beat the stuffing out of the Los Angeles Dodgers last night. At which point … Continue reading
Hark! The Herald! (A-Roid Edition)
From our Walt Whitman desk Well our feisty local tabloid won another big award yesterday – a coveted Top Ten Front Pages nod from the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages. Judgment Day Today is the day that Major League Baseball is expected to suspend … Continue reading
Could The Yankees Be A-Rid Of Alex Rodriguez?
From our There Is a God desk Praise the Lord! New York Yankees cancer Alex Rodriguez is thisclose to being banned from Major League Baseball for life. From USA Today (roll your own here): MLB prepared to ban A-Rod for life, suspend … Continue reading
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Please, MLB: Ban A-Roid For Life
New York Yankees cancer Alex Rodriguez is engaged in another slapfight with the ballclub over his return to the mothership, detailed in this New York Times piece: Rodriguez and Yankees Clash Again Over His Status ARLINGTON, Tex. — No one … Continue reading
Yankee Double-Headline In NYT
From our Pinstripe Compare ‘n’ Contrast desk Call it Yankee tradition vs. Yankee contrition. First, the sad news, from Sunday’s New York Times: Bob Turley, Pitcher With a Blazing Fastball, Dies at 82 Bob Turley, a Cy Young-winning, right-handed pitcher … Continue reading
Someone Please Put Alex Rodriguez Out Of Our Misery
From our Couldn’t He Be Al-EX Rodriguez? desk The hardretching staff – a Made Yankee Fan in Boston since 1974 – has long considered Alex Rodriguez a cancer upon the Pinstripes, and that’s never been truer than now. From New … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Rid, A-Rod, Al-EX Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez, ESPN, Ian Crouch, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, New Yorker, The New Yorker
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The Skunk At The Yanks’ Garden Party (Let’s Swing At Ball Four! Edition)
Yankee Killer Alex Rodriguez did it again last night, fanning for the last out on what was decidedly ball four in Game 2 of the ALDS between New York and Baltimore. Before you start barking at the hardgrudging staff, let’s … Continue reading